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ie 4 . at ; ae aH _- Tay «. ee Deadwood Dick, Jr.’s, Diamond Dice. guard them to a temporary destination, where they were to await the arrival of Dick and Mason. After they bad gone, a freight wagon was made ready, and tie gold was taken frem its hidinz-place and loaded upon it. While this was being done, that part of the camp’s population who were in condition to be about, looked on wistfully, but being disarmed they could do nothing to carry out their hearts’ desire. The mayor of the camp, with his few backers, stood with cocked rifles in the defense of the detectives in their work, and finally that work was accomplished, Atl the gold had been pack- edon the heavy wagon, and was ready for trans- portation. It was, in truth, a valuable freight. The detectives bought horses at the camp, such as they were able to get, and at length were ready to set ont, Dick then tarned the camp over to the care of its mayor, and with a last word of warning to Its citizens, set forth upon the home trail, his wile riding by his side, It had been a most daring and desperate raid, but a successful one, _------ The gold finally reached its destination, less the comparatively small sum the robbers had squandered, The robbers were dealt with according to law as it applied to their cases, and received such unishment as they deserved, The scheme had been a well-laid one, avd but for over-care in tie matter it might have been successful, It had been their extreme care that had given the detectives their clue, At the bottom of it had been Milton Arm- strong, and that name, needless to say, was an assumed one. Ho had been a Government employee in a high station, but bad fallen from grace Owing to his evil ways,. Knowing of the intended shipment, he hid resolved to eapture it. — : a was in communication with Horsehead, Radlay, Mander and others, who had also beea in Government employ, and he knew that Horse- head, or ‘‘ Keeler,” as we have known bim, was at the head of an outlaw band anil had made for himself a reputation as the ‘‘ New Jesse.” Letting him into his scheme, he had at Once the hearty Co-operation of the band, , Kivery detail bad been provided for. After ‘the gold had been put aboard the boat, then the men dropped out of sicht and the woman Who has been known ag Eva Armstrong an who passed for the manager’s daughter at Death’s-Head, took charge of the shipment of the machinery, under the directions of the men, That she was not Amstrong’s daughter has been plainly enough hinted before, Sportive port, too, was one of the same rascally band. Keeler, aS we have best known him, was not content to play second fiddle to Armstrong and, had he been allowed enough time, the mys terious deaths at Death’s-Head would have kept On till he would have been left alone with the. Secret and the golden treasure, Wild Ward was dealt with by Dick, and was sent back to prison, where he soon afterward took his own life. Ot the other rascals, nothing need be said in con- clusion, except that they were punished as they justly deserved. At Death’s-Head, Mayor Cor- rigan held the master hand, and finally that ’ - Camp became a decent place, Dick and Kate returned to Bristol City for a brief season. Both were anxious to see their boy, young Dick, There, in the Jove of her bus- band, and with her precious boy close to her heart, Kate could have settled down to the peace and quiet of domestic happiness; but for Dick such repose would never do, Not that he did not enjoy it, not that it did not give him pleas- ure, but bis oath was registered, and only a brief respite could he give evil and evi!-doers. And that being so, Kate, whose will was almost as firm as his own, and whose place was by bis side, stood ready to face dangers with him in whatever form they might appear. The other detectives, who, with Deadwood Dick, had in this case made up the Big Six, had parted with Dick and his wife with feelings of keenest admiration and friendsbip, Each cf them retained his diamond pin, present from _ Dick and a souvenir of the case in which they had taken part as the Diamond Dice. THE END. o . ’ —_—-— — Beatlle’s Half-Dime Library. BY CHARLES MORRIS. 118 Will Somers, the Boy Detective. 122 Vhil Hardy, the Boss Boy. 126 Picayune Pete; or, Nicodemus, the Dog Detective. 180 Detective Dick; or, The Hero in Raga. os - AWN Handsome Harry, the Bootblack Detective, Wl Wildfire, the Thoroughbred, Klack Beas, Will Wildtire’s Racer, Mike Merry the Harbor Police Boy. Wl W dire in the Wooda, Billy Bageage, the Railroad Boy, A ‘Trump Cards or, Will Wildfire Wins and Lusea Bob Rockett; or, Mysteries of New York, Keob Rockett, the Bank Kunner, The litdden lianas: or, Will Wildfire’s Revenge. red Halyard, the Life Boat Boy; or, The Smugglers, Bob Rockett; or, Driven to the Wall. Shadowed; or, Bob Kockett’s Fight for Life, Dark Paul, the Tiger King. Dashing Dave, the Dandy Detective. ; 220 ‘Tom Tanner? or, The Black Sheep of the Flock. > Sam Charcoal the Premium Darky. 235 Shadew Baim, the Messenger Boy 242 —_-* - -— wo to) LLGEANNAST HS we s,s ohm Se Ue lL - = The Two ** Blooda”; or, Shenandoah Bill and Hts Gang. 252 °Dick Dashaway 3 or, A Dakota Boy in Chicago, 262 The Young Sharps: or, Rollicking Mike’s Hot Trall 274 Jolly Jim, the Detective Apprentice. 2So Jolly J tin’s J ob; or, The Young Detective. 298 The Water-Hound; or, The Young Thoroughbred, Rhos lanl uWway, or Dakota: or, A Weatern Lad in Quaker City. S24 Rulph Keady, tho Hotel Boy Detective. S41 Tony Thorne, tho Vagabond Detective. | 858 The Reporter-Detectives or, Fred Flyers Blizzard, B67 Wide-Awake Joes or, A Boy of the Times. yet) Larry, the Leveter?t or, The Blooda ol the Boulevard. 408 Firetly Jnek, the River-Rat Detective. AQ} The Lost Finger? or, The Entrapped Cashier. 425 Fred Flyer, the Reporter Detective. 452 Invinctble Logan, the Pinkerton Ferret, 456 billy Briek, the Jolly Vacnoond. 466 Wide-Awake Jerry, Detective; or, Entombed Alive, ATZTY Detective Dodges or, Tho Mystery of Frank Hearty. 485 Wild Dick Racket. : 501 Roots, the Boy Flreman: or, Too Sharp for the Sharper, 666 The Secret -crvice Boy Detective. ; 596 Jimmy the Kids or, A Lamb Among Wolves. 627 Tom Bruce of Arkanansy or, The Wolf in the Fold, 655 Plucky Paul, the Boy Speculator. GGT Bob and Sam, the Daisy Detectives. 709 The Curbsatone Detective: or, Harry Hale’s Big Beat, TST Detective Frank’s Sweep-stakes, BY JOSEPH E. 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TiS Light-Heart Lute’s Last Trail. ¢28 Silverblade, the Shoshone. 729 Silverblade, the Half-Blood; or, The Border Beagle at Bay. GaW-Stiverbinde, the Hostile, F458 Silverblade, the Friendly; or, The Border Beagle’s Boy Pard, BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID. 78% Blue Dicks or, The Yellow Chiefs Vengeance. S? The Land Pirates: or, The League of Devil’s Islan 187 The Helpless fiands or, Backwoods Retribution. 239 The Gold-secker Guide} or, The Lost Mountain, BY ARTHUR ©, GRISSOM, 440 LAttle Foxfoot, the Gold Bowle Kidy 558 The Sure-Shot Parda. 621 Truthtul James GY WILLIAM R, EYSTER, 190 Dandy Darke; or, The Tigers of High Pine, 210 Faro Frank; or, Dandy Darke’s Go-Down Pardq_ BY OLL COOMES, & Vagabond Joe, the Young Wandering Jew. 18 ‘Lhe Dumb Spy. 27 Antelope Abe, the Boy Guide. B81 Keen-Kuntfe, the Prince of the Prairies. 41 Lasso Jack, the Young Mustanger. 58 The Border King; or, The Secret Foe. Delaware Dick, the Young Ranger Spy. 74 HWawk-eye Uarry the Young Trapper Ranger, S$ Rollo, the Roy ian er. 184 Sure Shot Seth, the Boy Rifleman. 148 Scar-Face Saul, the Silent Hunter 146 Silver Star, the Boy Knight. 158 Eagle Kit, the Boy Demon. 168 Little Texas, the Young Mustanger ~ 178 Old Solitary, the Hermit Trapper. IS2 Little Hurricane, the BO eapeelte 202 Prospect Petes or, The Young Outlaw Hunters, 208 The Roy Hercules: or, The Prairie Tramps, 1S Tilwer Tom, the Texas Terror. 224 Dashing Dicks or, Trapper Tom’s Caatle. 228 Little Wildfire, the Young Prairie Nomad. 288 The Parson Detective; or, The Little Ranger, 248 The Diseulsed Gulde; or, Wild Raven, the Ranger, the ** Pecooliar’? 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W4 RNE, OT Patent-Leather Joe? or, Old Rattleanake, the Charmer. 175 ©apratn Arizoma; or, Patent-Leather Joo's Big Game. 198 Captain Mask; or, Patent-Leather Joe's Defent. 219 Desapard, the Duellat; cr, The Moantain Vempires, B88 A Tougk Boy} or, The Dwart’s Revenge. n6es Little ‘ornudos or, The Outcaste of the Glen. BITE Little Jingwos or, the Queer Pard. BSS Little Ok-uy 3 or, Caught in Mls Own Trap, 401 Little Skhoo-W ly ¢ or, A Race fora Ranch, 408 Little Leatkeor-Breeches ¢ or, Old Jumbo’s Curse. 431 Little Ab Sing or, The Curse of Blood, 451 Colorado Kate. A Tale of the alines. 450 Three Jolly Parda, SLT Slim Gladden’s Deputy. 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